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The top United Nations Middle East envoy today denied a report in an Israeli newspaper about his meeting with Syrian President Bashir al Assad with regard to the whereabouts of missing Israelis and to the United States.

Hailed as an "unsung hero" in the global fight against hunger, Catherine Bertini, United Nations Under Secretary-General for Management and former head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), has been awarded the 2003 World Food Prize.

A United Nations expert on the independence of judges and lawyers expressed "grave concern" today over the decision of Guatemala's Constitutional Court to allow a former President accused of committing serious human rights crimes during his tenure to run in presidential elections in November.

Uranium compounds dispersed in the reported looting of nuclear and radioactive material at the Tuwaitha complex in Iraq pose no danger from the point of view of proliferation, the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has determined.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to find a peaceful way out of the dispute arising out of Pyongyang’s decision to produce nuclear weapons.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed a $2,260,000 agreement to help seven countries in Central and Eastern Europe to control the spread of the western corn rootworm, a major threat to corn production in the region.

Turning the tide on AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria is a priority second to none, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to government ministers gathered in Paris for an international meeting in support of a global fund to fight the devastating illnesses.

The top United Nations expert on the human rights of indigenous people heads to Chile this Friday to kick off two weeks of meetings and discussions with government officials, civil society actors and indigenous community leaders.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today paid tribute to his former Special Representative for Sierra Leone, and once again reiterated the United Nations commitment to solidifying peace in that country.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today outlined the world body's likely strategy to help restore order in war-torn Liberia, beginning with the arrival of a promised West African force meant to ensure calm as President Charles Taylor steps down, and possibly paving the way for troops from the United States and elsewhere.